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Pleural fluid secondary to pulmonary cryptococcal infection: a case report and review of the literat...

Pleural fluid secondary to pulmonary cryptococcal infection: a case report and review of the literat...

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Pleural fluid secondary to pulmonary cryptococcal infection: a case report and review of the literature

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Pleural fluid secondary to pulmonary cryptococcal infection: a case report and review of the literature

Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC infectious diseases, 2019-08, Vol.19 (1), p.710-710, Article 710

Language

English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis (PC) is diagnosed with increasing incidence in recent years, but it does not commonly involve the pleural space. Here, we report a HIV-negative case with advanced stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with radiation therapy presented with dyspnea, a new PET-positive lung mass and bilateral pleural effusion s...

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Full title

Pleural fluid secondary to pulmonary cryptococcal infection: a case report and review of the literature

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_4325620e58a44b37a426e39b841ed0c9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_4325620e58a44b37a426e39b841ed0c9

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ISSN

1471-2334

E-ISSN

1471-2334

DOI

10.1186/s12879-019-4343-2

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